1957 - Today
Esmail Qaani (also spelled as Ismail Qaani; Persian: اسماعیل قاآنی; born 8 August 1957) is an Iranian brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and commander of its Quds Force — a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial terror and clandestine operations. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Esmail Ghaani has received more than 363,666 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Esmail Ghaani is the 1,465th most popular military personnel (down from 1,318th in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 303rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Esmail Ghaani ranks 1,465 out of 1,468. Before him are François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Eugene Sledge, Smedley Butler, Fritz Julius Kuhn, Władysław Raginis, and Guo Boxiong. After him are Robert Anderson, J. D. Tippit, John Frost, Charles Lee, Mark Milley, and Cort Adeler.
1773 - 1827
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 1,459
1923 - 2001
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 1,460
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 1,461
1896 - 1951
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 1,462
1908 - 1939
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 1,463
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 1,464
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 1,465
1805 - 1871
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 1,466
1924 - 1963
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 1,467
1912 - 1993
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 1,468
1731 - 1782
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 1,469
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 1,470
1622 - 1675
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 1,471
Among people born in 1957, Esmail Ghaani ranks 203. Before him are Alexander Dityatin, Ray Romano, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, José Coronado, Bruce Grobbelaar, and Cameron Crowe. After him are Alim Qasimov, Susanna Tamaro, Shlomo Mintz, Stephen Baxter, François Asselineau, and Michaëlle Jean.
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 197
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 198
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 199
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 200
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 201
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 202
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 203
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 204
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 205
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 206
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 207
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 208
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 209
Among people born in Iran, Esmail Ghaani ranks 323 out of 528. Before him are Bozorg Alavi (1904), Maryam Rajavi (1953), Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910), Abol-Fath Khan Zand (1755), Mirza Ibrahimov (1911), and Haj Ali Razmara (1901). After him are Emam-Ali Habibi (1931), Shapur IV (null), Sayed Morad Khan (1800), Nusrat Bhutto (1929), Ali Javan (1926), and Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (1940).
1904 - 1997
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 317
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 318
1910 - 1998
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 319
1755 - 1779
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 320
1911 - 1993
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 321
1901 - 1951
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 322
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 323
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 324
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 325
1800 - 1789
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 326
1929 - 2011
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 327
1926 - 2016
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 328
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 329
Among military personnels born in Iran, Esmail Ghaani ranks 7. Before him are Tughril (990), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Bahram Chobin (600), Datis (-600), Harpagus (-700), and Jalil Zandi (1951). After him are Hossein Salami (1960), Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957), and Nasser Shabani (1957).
990 - 1063
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 1
1957 - 2020
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 2
600 - 592
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 3
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 4
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 5
1951 - 2001
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 6
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 8
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 9
1957 - 2020
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 10